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Software Development Life Cycle

The document discusses the software development life cycle (SDLC), which is a process used by the software industry to design, develop, and test high-quality software. It describes the typical stages in an SDLC, including planning, defining requirements, designing architecture, building the product, testing, and deployment. Common SDLC models are also mentioned, such as waterfall, iterative, spiral, V-model, and agile. The document provides information on SDLC for a group activity on analyzing specific models.

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Software Development Life Cycle

The document discusses the software development life cycle (SDLC), which is a process used by the software industry to design, develop, and test high-quality software. It describes the typical stages in an SDLC, including planning, defining requirements, designing architecture, building the product, testing, and deployment. Common SDLC models are also mentioned, such as waterfall, iterative, spiral, V-model, and agile. The document provides information on SDLC for a group activity on analyzing specific models.

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Software Development

Life Cycle
Software Engineering
SDLC - Overview
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a process used
by the software industry to design, develop and test high
quality softwares. The SDLC aims to produce a high
quality software that meets or exceeds customer
expectations, reaches completion within times and cost
estimates.
• SDLC is the acronym of Software Development Life Cycle.
• It is also called as Software Development Process.
• SDLC is a framework defining tasks performed at each step in
the software development process.
• ISO/IEC 12207 is an international standard for software life-
cycle processes. It aims to be the standard that defines all the
tasks required for developing and maintaining software.
What is SDLC?
SDLC is a process followed for a software project, within a
software organization. It consists of a detailed plan
describing how to develop, maintain, replace and alter or
enhance specific software. The life cycle defines a
methodology for improving the quality of software and
the overall development process.
The following figure is a graphical representation of the various
stages of a typical SDLC.
A typical Software Development Life Cycle consists
of the following stages −

Stage 1: Planning and Requirement Analysis


Requirement analysis is the most important and
fundamental stage in SDLC. It is performed by the senior
members of the team with inputs from the customer, the
sales department, market surveys and domain experts in
the industry. This information is then used to plan the
basic project approach and to conduct product feasibility
study in the economical, operational and technical areas.
A typical Software Development Life Cycle consists
of the following stages −

Stage 2: Defining Requirements


Once the requirement analysis is done the next step is to
clearly define and document the product requirements
and get them approved from the customer or the market
analysts. This is done through an SRS (Software
Requirement Specification) document which consists of all
the product requirements to be designed and developed
during the project life cycle.
A typical Software Development Life Cycle consists
of the following stages −
Stage 3: Designing the Product Architecture
SRS is the reference for product architects to come out with the
best architecture for the product to be developed. Based on the
requirements specified in SRS, usually more than one design
approach for the product architecture is proposed and documented
in a DDS - Design Document Specification. This DDS is reviewed by
all the important stakeholders and based on various parameters as
risk assessment, product robustness, design modularity, budget and
time constraints, the best design approach is selected for the
product. A design approach clearly defines all the architectural
modules of the product along with its communication and data flow
representation with the external and third party modules (if any).
The internal design of all the modules of the proposed architecture
should be clearly defined with the minutest of the details in DDS.
A typical Software Development Life Cycle consists
of the following stages −

Stage 4: Building or Developing the Product


In this stage of SDLC the actual development starts and
the product is built. The programming code is generated
as per DDS during this stage. If the design is performed in
a detailed and organized manner, code generation can be
accomplished without much hassle. Developers must
follow the coding guidelines defined by their organization
and programming tools like compilers, interpreters,
debuggers, etc. are used to generate the code. Different
high level programming languages such as C, C++, Pascal,
Java and PHP are used for coding. The programming
language is chosen with respect to the type of software
being developed.
A typical Software Development Life Cycle consists
of the following stages −

Stage 5: Testing the Product


This stage is usually a subset of all the stages as in the
modern SDLC models, the testing activities are mostly
involved in all the stages of SDLC. However, this stage
refers to the testing only stage of the product where
product defects are reported, tracked, fixed and retested,
until the product reaches the quality standards defined in
the SRS.
A typical Software Development Life Cycle consists
of the following stages −

Stage 6: Deployment in the Market and Maintenance


Once the product is tested and ready to be deployed it is
released formally in the appropriate market. Sometimes
product deployment happens in stages as per the
business strategy of that organization. The product may
first be released in a limited segment and tested in the
real business environment (UAT- User acceptance testing).
Then based on the feedback, the product may be released
as it is or with suggested enhancements in the targeting
market segment. After the product is released in the
market, its maintenance is done for the existing customer
base.
SDLC Models
There are various software development life cycle models
defined and designed which are followed during the software
development process. These models are also referred as
Software Development Process Models". Each process model
follows a Series of steps unique to its type to ensure success in
the process of software development.
Following are the most important and popular SDLC models
followed in the industry:
Waterfall Model
Iterative Model
Spiral Model
V-Model
Big Bang Model
Other related methodologies are Agile Model, RAD Model,
Rapid Application Development and Prototyping Models.
Group Activity
• Discuss a particular SDLC model
• Each phases must be explained (procedures to be
done, materials to be used, etc.)
• Advantages and Disadvantages of the model
• Prepare a presentation slides
• Use uploaded references
• All members must participate on the discussion

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